Automatic car-register.



PATENTED MAY 17, 1904. C. L. S. @L E. C. WALKER.

v AUTOMATIC GAR REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1903.

No MODEL.

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7 UNITED STATES- Patented May 17, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

cHAUNoEY L. s. WALKER ANDEZRA c. WALKER, or NEWARK, NEW

- I. ,JERsEK AUTOMATIC GAR-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,284, dated May 17,1904.

Application filed September 25,1903. Serial No.` 174,575. (No model.)

To all w/wmy it may concern.:

Be it known that we, GHAUNCEY L. S. WALKER and EZRA C. WALKER, citizensof the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex andState of New Jersey, have invented and produced a new and originalImprovement in Automatic Car-Registers; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The objects of this invention are to efect a registration of thepassengers of a trolley-car Aor the like by the mere act of boarding orleaving the car, to thus secure an automatic and mechanical registrationwhich cannot be' neglected or evaded, to thus provide ameans of testingthe capability and honesty of the conductor, and to obtain otheradvantages and results, some of which may be hereinafter referred to inconnection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved automatic register forstreet-cars, &c., and in the arrangements and combinations of parts ofthe same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, andfinally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures,Figure 1 shows in side elevation the end of a car equipped with ourimproved register'. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the 'same on line x,Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a plan of the car platform and steps, as on liney, Fig. 1.

In said drawings, 1 indicates a street-car of any ordinary andwell-known type, adapted to be boarded at opposite sides near the end,as is common, by means of an open platform 2 and single steps at eachside leading thereto.

In carrying out our invention the tread 3 of each step constitutes theforward or outer arm of a lever fulcrumed, as at 4, to the riser 5 ofthe step, depending from the platform 2 of the car, therear or innerarms 6 6 of said levers projecting horizontallybeneath the platform andpreferably being beveled or recessed at their adjacent side edges, as at7, to overlap or extend past each other. Beneath said inner overlappingarms 6 6 extends a bracket or support 8, bent upward at its oppositeends and fastened to the platform or other fixed portion of the car, asat 9, and which support serves to limit downward movement of the saidarms 6 and holds the outer arms or steps 3 in normal horizontalposition. Above each inner arm 6, between it and the platform 2, is aspring of any suitable construction to normally hold the arm downagainst its support 8, although we prefer to use and have lshown in thedrawings a coiled spring 10,

having its straight ends 11 11 secured one to the arm 6 and the other tothe support 8. When, therefore, a passenger steps upon the step 3, thesame tilts sufhciently to raise the inner arm 6 against the power of thespring 10, but yet not enough to disturb the passenger or even attracthis notice. The movement thus secured may then be transmitted to theregister (indicated in outline at 18 in Fig. 1) in any suitable manner;but we have shown for purposes of illustration a light rod 12, extendingvertically upward at the end wall or partition 13 of the car and havingbeneath the floor a portion 14, extending across both arms 6 6 above thesame. The extremity of the portion 14 is preferably turned downward,asat 15, to project loosely into a socket in one of the arms 6, wherebydisplacement of the portion' 14 with respect to the arms 6 is prevented.Thus as the arms 6 6 are elevated by a passenger stepping on the step 3the rod 12 is raised, and when the step resumes its normal position therod again drops. Side pieces 16 at the opposite ends of each` step andpreferably formed by the outwardly-bent ends of a piece 17 fastened tothe riser 5, serve to direct passengers positively onto the steps.

Obviously various modifications and changes in the detail constructionof our improved register may be made without departing from the spiritand scope of the invention as set forth in the claims, and we do notwish to be understood as limiting ourselves by the positive descriptiveterms employed except as the state of the art may require.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new is- 1. Thecombination with a car having a depending riser, of a straightlever-like member ulcrumed on the lower edge of said riser and havingone end projecting to receive the foot and the other end extendingbeneath the car, a lixed support or stop beneath said inner arm, aspring normally holding the arm against said support, and draft meansfor transmitting the movements of said inwardlyextending end of themember to a register.

2. In a car or similar vehicle, the combina-

